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Friday, February 19, 2010

Georgia's Quilthas returned from the quilter. It was quilted by my sister Karen fromQuilts on Bastings, who has a long arm quilting machine, and quilts professionally. Karen and I have made this quilt together as a birthday gift to our niece who will be turning 6 in early March.

It is quilted with a modern all over edge to edge design featuring simple daisies. The finished quilt measures 60.5 inches x 60.5 inches.

You know I love straight line quilting, but in terms of free motion quilting, I prefer tippling or simple floral and geometric patterns as opposed to feathers and intricately detailed designs. Although I do have an appreciation for the amount of practice needed to master such free motion designs.

For the back of Georgia's Quilt I have used Kona Cotton in Medium Pink together with a number of pastel fabrics to introduce some soft colors to the quilt.

Adding a pieced strip to the backing fabric like this also means you only need a single drop of fabric measuring the length of the quilt (plus extra 3 inches top and bottom, to allow for shrinkage during the quilting process). With standard cotton fabric being 44 inches wide, I needed to add at least 22 inches to the overall width of the backing fabric. (Remove selvedges from the edge of the fabric as they are a firmer weave and may destort the backing).

For the binding I used a Japanese import fabric called Kei Honeycomb in Pink. Machine stitched, of course. I just about havethis technique down pat, no gaps where I missed the back of the binding this time, and the mitred corners were all very obedient. Nice.

I am quietly confident that Georgia will love this quilt. I hope that she has many happy dreams under it, drags it down the hallway and onto the couch for many a happy ending movie, and takes it outside for picnics with her dolls and friends.

If you are interested purchasing Georgia's Quilt Pattern you'll find it listed for sale in myEtsy Store.

beautiful! how i wish i could machine bind like you. i know a lot of people who love to sit and hand bind but i do not. however, i have learned my lesson too many times. i just cannot get the machine down. good for you!

The daisy quilting motif is just perfect. I love the softer pink on the back and the Kei Honeycomb binding. The whole thing came together very nicely, and I'm sure Georgia will do all the things you mentioned above and more with her lovely quilt.

This is so sweet. My daughter has a quilt hanging over her crib rails (too big for the bed yet) and I find her tracing patterns and talking to it when she wakes up from naps. I have a question for you. I loved the tips in your how you do it post and was wondering if you have any good tips on pressing. I don't know why but my blocks seem to get so wonky!

Being addicted to stippling I am trying to get some different patterns in my stippling...not the ducks I keep seeing after a day of sewing...my sweetie thinks I'm seeing things...love love love the quilt and I am sure that 6 year old will love it too.

it's so so beautiful and the quilting too. I had a look at your sisters's blog and the quilting she does is amazing. I'm so glad I bought this pattern. You are so inspiring and your designs modern and vibrant! PS I've finally made a start on the Bricks and Stones pattern.